Spokane, United States
fix(markets): remove the 15-80km qualification rule from 19 profile pairs
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ quality: stub status: active audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact short_description: "Eastern Washington's second-largest city, 280 miles from Seattle — outside the current Top-400 qualifying band." short_description: "Eastern Washington's second-largest city, 280 miles from Seattle — not among the markets published in the current Top-400 set." paired_with: markets/us-wa-spokane.es.md last_edited: 2026-08-26 editor: editorial --- Spokane does not currently appear in the North American Top-400 Regional Markets list — at 280 miles from Seattle it sits far outside the 80 km outer edge of the suburban-regional band 280 miles from Seattle it anchors the Inland Northwest as its own regional centre the qualification applies. ## Overview @@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ in the Hillyard neighborhood. ## Regional Market Standing Spokane does not currently appear in the [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] list. This is not a data defect; its 280-mile distance from Seattle places it well outside [[about-regional-markets-system|the co-location qualification system's]] 15–80 km suburban-regional band, classifying it as standalone-secondary. Markets — North America]] list. This is not a data defect; the market is not among those published under the confirmed 2026-08-07 dataset. Spokane anchors the Inland Northwest as its own regional centre, and [[about-regional-markets-system|the co-location qualification system]] selects on anchor composition; the 280 miles to Seattle is recorded as context only. ## See Also